Combined shoe-lacing fastener and bow-holder.



- No. 835,981. PATENTED NOV; 13, 1906.

. H. H. PETTY. COMBINED SHOE LAGING FASTENER; AND BOW HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 1906.

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WITNESSES:

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PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES HOWARD H. PETTY, OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA. COMBINEDSHOE-LACING FASTENER AND Bow-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed January 18, 1906. Serial No. 296,6 96" To all whom itmay concern.-

1 Be it known that I, HOWARD H. PETTY, a citizen of the United States,residing at P0- mona, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Combined Shoe-Lacing Fastenerand Bow- Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined shoelacing fastener and bow-holder.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and thoroughlyeffective device which when positioned over the knot of the shoelacingwill positively prevent the same from coming untied and will alsoprovide a ready means whereby a bow may be worn.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a combined shoe-lacing fastenerand bowholder, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure 1 is a perspective view eX- hibiting one form of the deviceapplied to a shoe-lacing and with a bow combined therewith, theshoe-lacing and bow being in dotted lines for purpose of clearness ofillustration. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of a slightly-modifiedform of the invention. Fig 3 is a vertical transverse sectional Viewthrough the device shown in Fig. 2, exhibiting the same combined with ashoe-lacing and bow.

The device is constructed, preferably, of a strip of spring metal, suchas thin sheet-steel, brass, or the like, and is bent upon itself to forma bow-holding loop 1 and then again doubled upon itself to bring theterminals of the strip in rear of the loop when the device ispositioned, and to present shoe-lacingclamping members 2 and 3. Themember 2 is provided with a rounded upper terminal in order to eliminateany danger of cutting the shoe-lacing L, and the member 3 is providedintermediate of its width with a lip or tongue 4 and with a hollow boss5, the concaved face of which opposes the member 2 and provides a socketto receive the knot of the shoe-lacing. The tongue 4, as clearly shown,is curved away from the member 2, thus to form in conjunction therewitha throat through which the knot of the lacing slips.

In positioning the device upon a shoe-lacing, after the same has beentied the member 2 is slipped back of the knot, thereby bringing the knotinto the throat formed by the tongue 4 and the member 2. Upon the loop 1being grasped and drawn upward, the members 2 and 3 will be forcedapart, thereby permitting the knot to pass between the two members andinto engagement with the socket 5. It is to be understood, of course,that the bow B is permanently combined with the loop 1 so long as it isin a condition to wear. In other words, the bow is not disturbed eachtime that the device is removed from the shoelacing.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the only differencein construction is that the tongue 6 is flexed inward toward the member2, and thus presents a stop which will positively prevent the devicefrom working loose from the knot of the lacing.

The improvements herein defined, while simple in character, will befound thoroughly efficient for the purpose designed and may readily andeasily be manufactured without the necessity of the employment ofexpensive machinery for the purpose, and will operate positively toprevent the knot of a lacing from untying.

I claim A device of the class described comprising a single piece ofmetal bent double to present a bow-receiving loop and a pair ofshoe-lacing-knot-engaging elements, one of the elements being providedwith a tongue and with a depression to receive the knot of the lacing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HOWARD H. PETTY.

Witnesses CLARENCE M. PETTY,

CHAs. B. DENISON.

